We carry several types of home coffee roasters, with different batch sizes and mechanisms to suit different needs. Our Favorite Home Coffee Roaster For new home roasters, we have long recommended the FreshRoast SR540, a “fluid bed” roaster which is super easy to use. Fluid bed roasters are very similar in design to the familiar hot-air […]
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Zambia Aaa/Aa Mafinga Hills Rfa – Washed Processed Top Lot
Coffee Review: Zambia Mafinga Hills A very similar cup profile to a Kenyan/Tanz coffee but a bit milder. Very nice prep and screen size on these beans. The Mafinga Hills in Zambia’s Northern Province are home to the country’s highest peaks, where altitude and ancient volcanic soils help produce the sweet citrus flavor profiles that […]
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Uganda RFA Org. Sipi Falls Bugisu
Coming from family owned farms located in the Bugisu region on the slopes of Mount Elgon in the Kapchorwa district, Uganda. The Bugisu region is named after the Bugisu people who are indigenous to this area. The Sipi Falls coffee project, named after a trio of majestic waterfalls, was established in 1999 to strengthen quality […]
Tanzania Washed CPU Peaberry
Tanzania Washed CPU Peaberry is sourced from a group of 235 family-owned farms located in the Mbozi district within the Songwe region of Tanzania. Producers harvest and deliver cherry to the CPU (central processing unit) where the coffee is depulped, fermented, washed and dried. The CPUs have been established in the last three years to […]
Rwanda Bourbon Bufcafe – Top Lot
This coffee comes from Buf Cafe and is 100% Bourbon variety. The famed Buf Cafe washing station is in the mountains near the village of Karaba, in the Ginkongoro prefecture in south-central Rwanda. Buf Cafe started operation in 2000, after funding aid from the Rwandan Development Bank and USAID’s PEARL project. Buf Cafe is a […]
Peru SHB FTO – Finca Juan Herrera – Ronal Montenegro – El Palto Top Lot
This lot comes from Ronal Carranza Montenegro who owns the farm “Juan Herrera”. A very cool single producer Peru (almost all the Peru’s we see are co-op driven). Ronal is part of the Asociacion de Productores Cafetaleros Juan Marco El Palto (JUMARP), also known as “El Palto.” The cooperative is located in the Amazonian Andes […]
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PERU ORG. SHB EP NORTE
This cup is coming from family owned farms organized around the Central Fronteriza del Norte de Cafetaleros (CENFROCAFE), which is an umbrella cooperative established in 1999 that supports 80 organizations and 2,000 coffee producers in the region of Majorca, Peru. CENFROCAFE provides training and financing aimed at improving coffee quality and yields to increase farmer […]
NICARAGUAN SHG RFA SELVA NEGRA WASHED
Nicaraguan Selva Negra coffee is cultivated in the most ecologically sustainable and socially responsible way possible. Learn more by reading our Selva Negra Grower Profile. Selva Negra’s history is in many ways the history of the coffee in Nicaragua altogether. In the 1880’s the Nicaraguan government invited young German immigrants to come and settle in Nicaragua […]
NICARAGUAN SHG RFA SELVA NEGRA HONEY
The honey processing on these beans is very close to the washed processing – very clean honey processing. It does leave it with a hint more sweetness and body but a little less acidity. Not as unique as some of our other honey processed coffees but very tasty indeed. Nicaraguan Selva Negra coffee is cultivated […]
MALAWI FTO MZUZU CO-OP AB+
This is an AB Plus grade of coffee (bean size) from the Mzuzu Cooperative. Farms and producers who are considered a part of the Mzuzu Coop are primarily located in the northern districts of Malawi from Mzimba upwards. Most recently they have also begun supporting a number of smallholder projects in Central Malawi and more […]
INDONESIAN SUMATRA TAKENGON ORG. IKA GRADE 1
Coming from the Jagong Mill and surrounding family-owned farms located in the Takengon and Atu Lintang coffee region of Aceh province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Irham Junus owns and operates the Jagong Mill with his son, Andi and daughter, Ina. The Junus family has focused on meticulous ripe cherry selection resulting in something […]
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INDIAN MYSORE NUGGETS – EXTRA BOLD
Year in to year out, this is always one of our most popular coffees, at times we have trouble keeping it in stock! New 2018/19 Crop! Mysore coffees are the best known and the most popular of all Indian coffees, they posses good body and snappy acidity. The overall taste profile is very unique, with […]
INDIAN CHERRY ROBUSTA
This coffee is very high chaff and dense, which can cause issues in many home roasters. We do not recommend roasting this coffee in a Nesco, and you will have to reduce your batch size in all the other roasters. This is a blender coffee, use 10%-15% to add caffeine to your personal blend. This […]
HONDURAN ORG. SHG EP COMSA
In the year 2000, 62 Honduran coffee farmers joined together with a common goal to transform their farms from conventional to organic production and formed COMSA (Cafe Organico Marcala, S.A). In 2001, fostered by a foundation called Funder, COMSA earned their organic certification from Bio Latina which has enabled them to market their coffee to […]
HAWAIIAN MAUI MOKKA NATURAL 14 – 2019
A little bit of bad news this year folks, the Mauigrown crop – although very tasty – was tiny this year. Normally they sell 50% of their crop on Maui, this year they only pulled in about 52% of their normal yield. Didn’t leave that much coffee for us here on the mainland. Our allotment […]
HAWAIIAN 100% ESTATE MAUI; YELLOW CATTURA NATURAL – 2019
Maui Kaanpali Estate is a unique Hawaiian coffee. The beans are grown by MauiGrown Coffee at Ka‘anapali Estate in the West Maui highlands. The 500-acre estate is a former State/private project that used coffee to diversify Maui’s sugar plantations. It performed extensive field trials to find Arabicas that grow best in the soil, altitude and […]
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ETHIOPIAN YIRGACHEFFE GR. 1 ORG. NATURAL PROCESSED – GEDEB CHELBASA
This awesome tasting lot is put together by METAD. A third-generation family owned business with a rich history that began after World War II when the Ethiopian Emperor awarded Muluemebet Emiru, the first African female pilot and family matriarch, with land in the Guji and Sidama zones that has become the Hambela Coffee Estate. METAD […]
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ETHIOPIAN GUJI NATURAL 4
A great deal on a good tasting “old world” Ethiopian Natural. This is an aggregate coffee from the Oromia region of Ethiopia. The small holder coffee growers do not have processing equipment so the dry mill usually buys the ripe cherry off of them. The mill then sorts it and processes it and grades it […]
Tips: Brewing Coffee
Now that you have roasted your coffee perfectly, how can you be sure to get the best taste when you brew it? Consider these factors: Types of Coffee Brewing Equipment Auto Drip, Espresso, French Press, Pour Over, Percolator… there are no right or wrong answers, just different methods for different preferences. We love the Chemex […]
Tips: Grinding Coffee
Does the grind of your coffee really make that much of a difference? Absolutely it does! Every brewing method works differently and requires a different grind level. Over-extraction or under-extraction may lead to a disappointing cup even if the beans themselves are top-notch, so learning about the correct grind level for optimum extraction is very […]
